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Backyard Gardens: Soil and Compost Basics
As long as you have access to sunlight, water, and soil, your own food plot is possible, to either use for yourself or share with friends and neighbors. However, even with our region's reputable soil, it is not a bad idea to get your soil tested. Understanding the condition of your soil and water supply can help you forsee potential risks for diseases and pests. A decent soil test can be done for only $25 and will measure the soil pH, organic matter and nutrient levels, and information on how to treat micronutrient deficiency in order to prepare your soil to grow perfectly nutritious food. Soil deficiency and degradation can be caused by erosion, over fertilization, and/or pollution.
Soil pH is an important part to the development of vegetable plants. The pH is a measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a substance. The pH scale is a range from 1 to 12, with 1 being the most acidic and 12 being the most alkaline or basic. Either extreme can be toxic. Room temperature drinking water, for example, should have a balanced measurement of 7. There are several reasons why gardeners and farmers, alike, should consider their soil pH.
- Certain plants and soil life forms (like good bacteria, arthropods, earthworms) prefer specific conditions.
- Some plant diseases and pests tend to thrive when the soil is either alkaline or acidic.
- The pH can affect the availability of nutrients in the soil. Slightly acidic soil increases the concentration of nutrients potassium (K), magnesium (Mg) and calcium (Ca), which are necessary for plant life.
Vegetables flourish in well-drained soil that is rich in organic nutrients and measures a little on the acidic side of the pH scale. In fact, the preferred pH for almost all vegetables is between 5.5 to 6.5 pH. Here is a list of various vegetables and their preferred pH.
The cheapest way to add nutrients to your soil is by composting. The How To Compost website offers excellent information about composting and pages of tips, tricks and products to help making the process easier. However, you can make it and use it without spending any extra money. Here are some paraphrased explanations and recommendations from their site for first-time composters who want to know more about the process.
Why Compost?
Compost is one of nature's best mulches and soil amendments and you can use it instead of commercial fertilizers. Using compost improves soil structure, texture, and aeration and increases the soil's water-holding capacity. Compost loosens clay soils and helps sandy soils retain water. Adding compost improves soil fertility and stimulates healthy root developments in plants. The organic matter provided in compost provides food for microorganisms, which keeps the soil in a healthy balanced condition. Soil organisms produce compounds that enhance the growth of plants. The symbiotic relationships within this 'living soil' cycles nutrients, enhances soil structure, which improves optimal water and air movement in topsoil. Nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus will be produced naturally by the feeding of microorganisms, so few if any soil amendments will need to be added.
Most gardeners have long understood the value of this rich dark earthy material in improving the soil and creating a healthful environment for plants. Balanced soil biology will protect your plants from disease. Understanding how to make and use compost is in the public interest, as the problem of waste disposal climbs toward a crisis level. Landfills are brimming and new sites are not likely to be easily found. For this reason, there is interest in conserving existing landfill space and in developing alternative methods of dealing with waste. Our hands are being forced to deal creatively with our own yard waste, as one by one, cities are trying to cut costs by eliminating programs to haul off our leaves and grass clippings. About one third of the space in landfills is taken up with organic waste from our yards and kitchens, just the type of material that can be used in compost. With a small investment in time, you can contribute to the solution to a community problem, while at the same time enriching the soil and improving the health of the plants on your property. Studies have shown that home composting can divert an average of 700 lbs. of material per household per year from the waste stream. Composting is an excellent way to avoid both wasting useful, natural resources and creating environmental problems, while at the same time producing a high quality and inexpensive soil amendment. Don't throw away materials when you can use them to improve your lawn and garden – Start composting instead!
The Compost Decomposition Process
Compost is the end product of a complex food chain involving hundreds of different organisms, including bacteria, fungi, worms, and insects. What remains after these organisms break down organic materials is the rich earthy substance your garden will love. Humus is our goal when we start composting. Composting replicates nature's system of breaking down materials on the forest floor. As your compost produces humus, it becomes a mixture of nutrients that have been broken down completely, allowing plants to absorb the benefits. Humus also physically keeps soil light and fluffy, optimal for growing plants. Some experts even suggest using soil from a wooded area (if available) to help start your compost pile.
By providing the right environment for the organisms in the compost pile, it is possible to produce excellent compost. We usually want to organize and speed up the process of nature, sometimes to it's detriment. However, by knowing the perfect conditions of heat, moisture, air, and materials, we can speed up the composting process, aiding the energy cycle without harming the environment. Making the compost faster also creates heat which will destroy plants diseases and weed seeds in the pile, benefiting your garden with you in control.
Carbon and nitrogen are the two fundamental elements in composting, and their ratio (C:N) is significant. The bacteria and fungi in compost digest or "oxidize" carbon as an energy source and ingest nitrogen for protein synthesis. Carbon can be considered the "food" and nitrogen the digestive enzymes.
Composting can range from passive – allowing the materials to sit and rot on their own – to highly managed. Whenever you intervene in the process, you're managing the compost. How you compost is determined by your goal. If you're eager to produce as much compost as possible to use regularly in your garden, you may opt for a more hands-on method of composting. If your goal is to dispose of yard waste, a passive method is your answer.
Passive Composting involveds the least amount of time and energy on your part. This is done by collecting organic materials in a freestanding pile. It might take a long time (a year or two), but eventually organic materials in any type of a pile will break down into finished compost. More attractive than a big pile of materials sitting in your yard is a 3-sided enclosure made of fencing, wire or concrete blocks, which keeps the pile neater and less unsightly. Add grass clippings, leaves, and kitchen scraps (always cover these with 8 inches of other material). The pile will shrink quickly as the materials compress and decompose. Wait a year or two before checking the bottom of the bin for finished compost. When it is ready, shovel the bottom section into a wheelbarrow and add it to your garden beds. Continue to add greens (nitrogen) and browns (carbon) to have a good supply of finished compost ready. After the first few years, most simple piles produce a few cubic feet of finished compost yearly.
Consider the C:N Ratio, Surface Area, Temperature, Moisture and Oxygen Levels in Your Compost Pile – It is EASY.
Managed composting involves active participation, ranging from turning the pile occasionally to a major commitment of time and energy. If you use all the techniques of managing the pile, you can get finished compost in 3-4 weeks. Choose the techniques that reflect how much you want to intervene in the decomposition process and that will be a function of how fast you want to produce compost. Experts have determined that the fastest way to produce fertile compost is to maintain a carbon to nitrogen ratio somewhere around 25 to 30 parts carbon to 1 part nitrogen. Deciding this ratio in your own yard isn't as complicated as it may seem. Adding 3-4 pounds of nitrogen material for every 100 pounds of carbon should be satisfactory for efficient and rapid composting. [See chart below for examples of carbon and nitrogen sources that are appropriate for compost.] If decomposition is slow and your pile is dry, there is too much carbon. If your pile is particularly stinky and sloppy wet, then you have too much nitrogen. If you want to get technical with your carbon to nitrogen ratio, you can reference this equation.
The speed with which you produce finished compost will be determined by how you collect materials, whether you chop them up, how you mix them together, and so on. Achieving a good balance of carbon and nitrogen is easier if you build the pile all at once. Layering is traditional, but mixing the materials works as well. Shredded organic materials heat up rapidly, decompose quickly, and produce uniform compost. The decomposition rate increases with the size of the composting materials. If you want the pile to decay faster, chop up large fibrous materials yourself or with a wood chipper. You can add new materials on an ongoing basis to an already established pile. Most single-bin gardeners build an initial pile and add more ingredients on top as they become available.
The temperature of the managed pile is important – it indicates the activity of the decomposition process. The easiest way to track the temperature inside the pile is by feeling it. If it is warm or hot, everything is fine. If it is the same temperature as the outside air, the microbial activity has slowed down and you need to add more nitrogen (green) materials such as grass clippings or kitchen waste. Use a compost thermometer to easily measure the activity of your compost. They are inexpensive and quite convenient to have. The following information is for the highly managed pile and the optimum finished compost in the shortest amount of time. Decomposition occurs most efficiently when the temperature inside the pile is between 104 F or above 131 F. This keeps the pile operating at its peak. Most disease pathogens die when exposed to 131 F for 10-15 minutes, though some weeds seeds are killed only when they're heated to between 140 F and 150 F. If weed seeds are a problem, let the pile reach 150F during the first heating period, then drop back down to the original temperature range. Be sure to only let this happen occasionally after adding materials to the pile. If you keep the temperature above 131F regularly, the decomposing microbes will be killed off. Simply turn the pile if it gets too warm.
Organic waste needs water to decompose. If the pile becomes too dry , the decay process will slow down. The rule of thumb is to keep the pile as moist as a wrung-out sponge. If you're building your pile with very wet materials, mix them with dry materials as you build. If all the material is very dry, soak it with a hose as you build. Whenever you turn the pile, check it for moisture and add water as necessary. Too much water is just as detriment as the lack of water. In an overly wet pile, water replaces the air, creating an anaerobic environment, slowing decomposition.
Air circulation is an important element in a compost pile. Most of the organisms that decompose organic matter are aerobic, meaning they need oxygen to survive. There are several ways to keep your pile breathing. Try not to use materials that easily compacted such as ashes or sawdust without mixing them with a coarser material first. People who passively manage large piles often add tree branches or even ventilation tubes vertically into different parts of the pile to be shaken occasionally, maximizing air circulation. The most effective way to re-oxygenate the pile is to turn the pile by hand, using a large garden fork. The object is to end up with the material that was on the outside of the original pile, resting in the middle of the restacked pile. This procedure aerates the pile and will promote uniform decomposition.
Compost Site Selection
Any pile of organic matter will eventually rot but a well-chosen site can speed up the process. Look for a level, well drained area. If you plant to add kitchen scraps, keep it accessible to your back door. Don't put it so far away that you'll neglect the pile. In cooler latitudes, keep the pile in a sunny spot to trap solar heat. Look for some shelter to protect the pile from freezing cold winds which could slow down the decaying process. In warm dry altitudes, shelter the pile in a shadier spot so I doesn't dry out too quickly.
Build the pile over soil or lawn rather than concrete or asphalt to take advantage of earthworms, beneficial microbes, and other decomposers, which will migrate up and down as the seasons change. Having your compost on soil also allows for drainage.
If possible, look for a spot that allows you to compost discretely, especially if you have neighboring yards in close proximity. Aim for a distance and visual barriers between the pile and the neighbors. In order to keep the area contained and organized, build a three-sided bin to keep your compost in. The locally focused minds at Haag Insight have some excellent guides for building compost bins, from stationary to rotating, as well as guides for managing indoor compost. Here is another article for ideas on how to build compost containers out of old wooden pallets, wire mesh, recycled trash bins, or concrete blocks.
Seasonal Schedule for Composting
An effective storage system is the key to successfully using the materials each season provides. In the fall, collect and shred fallen leaves. The best use for them now is as mulch for trees, shrubs and garden beds. Excess leaves can be stored – leaves from 100 bags can be shredded and put in a 4'x4'x4′ container. Some decomposition will take place over the winter, but not a significant amount. Continue to put kitchen scraps in the pile, but it's not necessary to turn in really cold seasons. If you want your compost pile to stay active during the winter, you'll want an enclosed bin with insulated sides. A black bin situated in a sunny spot can help trap solar radiation during cold spells. Keep the pile as large as possible so that heat generated from decomposition will endure. You can also stack bales of straw along the sides of your bin to help retain the heat.
In areas with a cold winter, spring is the best time to start the compost pile. There's an abundance of grass clippings and trimmings. Summer is the time the compost pile is working at its peak range of decomposition, especialy if it has been turned once or twice. Cover and store the finished compost, or use it and start another batch. With enough organic waste, you can produce several batches of highly managed compost during the summer.
What Can Go into Your Compost
The yard waste you can compost is mostly browns (carbon) and kitchen waste is mostly greens (nitrogen). A good rule of thumb is to not add animal-based ingredients to the kitchen waste destined for your compost pile.
Browns (Carbon)
- Leaves/Straw/Dead Grass – Shred to break down faster
- Wood Chips/ Sawdust – Add a lot of nitrogen materials to make up for this high carbon content; Don't use too much and don't use treated woods.
- Pine Needles and Cones – Don't overload the pile; decomposes slowly
- Cardboard – Shred into small pieces if used; Moisten so it is easier to tear. If you have a lot, recycled some of it.
- Cornstalks/Cobs – Best if shredded and mixed well with greens
- Eggshells – Crush shells as they break down slowly
- Newspaper – Shred it so it breaks down easier. It's easy to add too much so remember to recycle if you have a lot. Don't add slick color pages.
Greens (Nitrogen)
- Algae, Seaweed, Lake Moss – Good source of nutrients and microorganisms
- Coffee Grounds/Filters/Tea Bags – Worms love coffee grounds!
- Recently Cut Grass
- Vegetable Peelings, Salad and Fruit Scraps
- Old Flowers or Spent Potted/Bedding Plants
- Weeds – Make sure they are not seeding! Dry out on pavement before adding.
What CAN'T Go into Your Compost
- Ashes from charcoal or coal – contains materials bad for plants like sulfur and iron
- Dog/Cat droppings or litter – May contain disease organisms. Avoid!
- Diseased Plants – If your pile doesn't get hot enough, it might not kill the organisms. Avoid
- Fish Scraps, Meat, Fat, Grease, Oils, Bones, Dairy – Avoid. Can attract rodents and cause a stinky pile!
Also, be advised that if you want to use animal manure to treat your soil, you should know the source. In 2007, a University of Minnesota study indicated that foods such as corn, lettuce and potatoes have been found to accumulate antibiotics from soils spread with animal manure that contains these drugs. If the animals were from feedlots that use antibiotic feed and/or hormone injection, then their waste adds these harmful substances to the energy cycle. It's recommended that the herbivore animals' diet should be 100% vegetable-based as to avoid potential outbreaks of harmful E. coli, listeria, and salmonella. Common manures used for gardening and agriculture include horse, cow, pig, sheep, goat, chicken, and rabbit.
How to Use Your Compost
- As a Soil Amendment – Work in 2-3 inches of compost into top of 6-8 inches of soil when ground is warm and moist.
- Vegetables – Amend soil with compost before planting. Side-dress or 'mulch' with 2-3 inches of additional compost for intensive cropping and heavy-feeding plants.
- Annual Flower Beds – Mix 1-2 inches compost into top 2-6 inches before sowing seeds. Layer 1/2-2 inches compost on top of soil during growing season. Spread 1-2 inches partially decomposed compost over planting bed during fall clean-up; dig into soil or cover with mulch for winter.
- Perennials – Layer 2-4 inches of compost on soil and mix in before planting. Add fresh compost mulch annually to surrounding soil surfaces. Dig 2 inch layer of compost into soil 6-12 inches deep around all perennials just outside root zone.
- Transplanting – Mix small amount of compost into each hole when planting flowers, small perennials and vegetables.
- Trees & Shrubs – Rake 1-2 inch layer of compost into soil 1-2 inches thick over root area where plant roots are close to or protrude above the soil surface. Cover with mulch. Avoid use of compost and other amendments when planting holes for trees and larger shrubs because the roots may not spread to native soil. Instead, spread 2 inches of compost on soil surface around the plant, water it in, and cover with mulh.
- Lawns – Spread sifted compost 1/4 inch thick in fall and early spring. For best results, aerate before spreading and rake in after. In most cases applications of compost will reduce need for other lawn fertilizers. Prepare a new lawn by mixing 2-3 inches of compost uniformly into the top 6-8 inches of soil before seeding.
- Propagation Mix – Mix up to 20% sifted compost with uniform mix of sand, perlite, vermiculite or potting soil for starting seedlings.
- Potting Mix – Mix sifted compost with equal parts garden soil and perlite or lava rock, in a soiless mix. Use 30% compost, more for moisture loving plants. use sifted compost as a top dressing for container plants.
Variations of Composting
Sheet Composting or Cover Crop – Spread leaves or plant residues over surface of soil or plant winter rye in the fall. Turn materials and growth into soil in the spring.
Compost Tea – Soak compost in water (a burlap bag is useful) to make liquid fertilizer. Use compost tea to water transplants, garden flowers, vegetables, and container plants. Apply to soil or use half-strength as a leaf spray.
Trench or Posthole Composting – Bury garden/yard waste and kitchen waste 12 inches deep in garden. Soil is ready for planting in 2 – 6 months.
Not Sure if You Want to Compost…Yet.
If you don't want to deal with compost because you want to get a jump on your garden and can afford it, plan on taking a trip to Barne's Nursery or Corso's to look for potting soil or soil nutrition amendments. Here is a great article from the National Home Gardening Club that explains the different terms and options that you may be presented with. This can be overwhelming when deciding what is best for your situation, so a guide is useful.
Whatever you choose, your soil needs to be able to support a healthy living micro-ecosystem that will include plants, earthworms, good bacteria and other organisms. If your soil is able to sustain many earthworms, then it's likely you have excellent life-supporting soil.
Be wary of using petroleum-based chemical fertilizers and weed killers when getting space ready for your garden. Chemical applications can kill off the soil biology; altering the energy cycle with the chemicals being absorbed into your bloodstream, keeping you from benefiting from the essential vitamins and minerals that naturally occur in your fresh food.
What Makes a Weed a Weed?
If you have a yard overtaken by dandelions, make the most of them. Not only do dandelions attract native pollinators (which are of the utmost importance to the success of your garden), but their leaves are delicious in salads. If the blossoms are picked before they go to seed, they can be fermented into a surprisingly tasteful dandelion wine. Also, the roots can be dried and ground into a tea used to treat various ailments. Throw the rest of the plant into the compost pile .
The next installment of the backyard garden articles will include information on seed selection, garden layouts, companion plants and integrated pest management. For more information about Urban Agriculture and food options that will save you money, keep you healthy and build community, visit The Erie Wire and the websites of our partners. We would also recommend listening to Deconstructing Dinner, one of our most celebrated resources for local food security. Listen to this elemental archived broadcast about nature and it's important role in our survival through what we put into our bodies.


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Rub A Duck presents "One Year The Best In Bass"
The Dutch Rub A Duck label looks back on a successful year and is still growing. After a long string of more than 30 EP releases, three label nights with performances from, amongst others, The Freestylers, Lephen, Esolar and Wetdog and the release of a label sampler, Rub A Duck now presents an extensive overview in music featuring the best of the already copious back catalogue of the still young imprint, entitled "One Year The Best in Bass".
The one thing that underlines the success of Rub A Duck is that they were able to secure big acts like The Freestylers, Utah Saints, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, The Crystal Method, MRK1 and Sound Avtar in a pretty short period of time. And even with the label's initial focus on the release of dubstep, electro and rave, it was still clear that even for the remixes famous acts like Cookie Monsta, Ed Rush & Optical, Damn You Mongolians and Datsik signed up with pleasure. More than one year down the road the label offers not only a platform for the established names from the U.K., India, Bulgaria and The Netherlands, but also for young talent like Relay & Front, Wetdog, Jelle Boon and Hectic; highly acclaimed artists such as John B, Ed Rush & Optical, Dub Pistols and Steve Oaki made it clear that they are fans of the releases.
Rub A Duck's reputation quickly spread itself into the world of electronic dance music (EDM), a fact that lead to in impressive roster of artists and releases. Today's sound of Rub A Duck's output moves from the underground dubstep and glitch hop of artists like Zinnat and Hectic to the heavy electro of Esolar and Wetdog and doesn't shy away from the breaks of Jagged HedZ and Them & Us (in cooperation with Stanton Warriors) or the electro house from Jelle Boon and The BeeJays. The track listing of "One Year The Best in Bass" is the best example for all this top-notch music.
Despite the scepticism in homeland The Netherlands, Rub A Duck managed to harvest success abroad with releases on major compilations from Ministry of Sound (U.K.) (Dirty Beats and Sound of Dubstep Darker 2), ZYX (Dubsteppaz Worldwide 2, Germany) and Xelon (Mind The Dubstep 1 and 2, Moshpit Bass Rock Like This, Australia/New Zealand). Xelon also distributes the full Rub A Duck catalogue in Australia and New Zealand where the genres are huge.
Rub A Duck label manager Hugo de Graaf about "One Year The Best in Bass": "The reason to found Rub A Duck has never been a matter of "jumping on the dubstep bandwagon". With the label we want to build bridges and release good music with a positive attitude and an open mindset. This 23 track overview "One Year Best in Bass" is the jewel in the crown for us and it is the best way to show our appreciation to all the artists in the Rub A Duck family for all their hard work in the past year."
One of the recent achievements of Rub A Duck was reached whaen "Close", the hit single of Drumsound & Bassline Smith, won the awards for Best Track and Best Video at the Official Drum 'n' Bass Awards. Rub A Duck released the single for the Benelux, together with "Feeling Good" by Mooqee & Pimpsoul featuring the vocals of Bianca Gerald and "What Can You Do For Me" by Utah Saints vs. Drumsound & Bassline Smith. Last but not least, the most recent CD release, "Duck Down Dubstep" has seen thousands of additional pressings for the same Benelux market and is currently one of the most played compilations in the genre on Spotify. In the meantime new artists like DJ Rockid and Franky Nuts have been signed to the label, so there is still more to come.
Rub A Duck's "One Year The Best in Bass" 23-track compilation is not just the materialised success story of a young and positive new label, but also an essential collection full of killer state of the art electronic dance music, ready for every DJ to ignite the world's dance floors.
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014:01DIYBy Savoy
024:57Frozen (Cookie Monsta Remix)By The Freestylers featuring Joshua Steele
036:27Sine Language (Datsik Remix)By The Crystal Method featuring LMFAO
043:57All I Want (Eyes Remix)By Viper9 featuring Matt Nash and RIO
054:22Explode (Jacob Plant Remix)By Richard Durand featuring Kash
063:42StatementBy Tyler Blue
075:29Shine (Pyramid's Drop the Bass Remix)By Julie Thompson
085:00Feeling Good (Herbgrinder Remix)By Mooqee and Pimpsoul featuring Bianca Gerald
096:26Sell My Soul (Into the Vortex Mix)By Jagged Hedz featuring Dave Vader
103:17Footprints (Radio Edit)By Damn You Mongolians featuring Katie's Ambition
115:33The Moan of a MachineBy Sickflip
125:57Le SuicideBy Lephen
135:08Drop DeadBy Sound Avtar
146:24Living a Lie (Damn You Mongolians Remix)By MRK1 featuring KT Forrester
154:36What Can You Do for Me (Tantrum Desire Remix)By Utah Saints vs. Drumsound & Bassline Smith
164:52Feel (Dubstep Mix)By Phoenyx and Kunala


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Why The Big Animals Went Down In The Pleistocene: Was It Just The Climate?
There wasn't anything special about the climate changes that ended the Pleistocene. They were similar to previous climate changes as recorded in deep sea cores. So what tipped the scale and caused the extinction?
Russell Graham, who has been working on climate models for Pleistocene extinction for almost 30 years, looked for triggers in a threshold effect that did not require a unique climate change. Graham, Chief Curator at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, will present his research on Wednesday, November 7, at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts.
"The end Pleistocene climate change, especially the Younger Dryas [a sudden cold period], was a trigger that tipped the balance," he explained. "Also, the climate model needed to answer the question of why big animals–mammoths, mastodons, ground sloths, etc., were the primary ones to go extinct and not the small ones. The answer to this question is the relationship between geographic range and body size. The larger an animal, the more real estate or geographic range it needs to support viable populations, especially in harsh environments like those of the Pleistocene…. Therefore, if the geographic range of animals decreased through time then their probability of extinction would increase with time."
Graham successfully tested his hypothesis by using a computer database of fossil ice age mammal sites linked with a geographic information system to map changes in the distribution of species throughout time.
"This is one of the first models that does not require a unique climate change at the end of the Pleistocene. To my knowledge it is one of the first to look at geographic range changes of a large number of mammal species as the primary driving factor of the extinction."
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September 28, 2010 | The term next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been around for so long it has become almost meaningless. We use "NGS" to describe platforms that are so well established they are almost institutions, and future (3rd-, 4th-, or whatever) generations promising to do for terrestrial triage what Mr Spock's Tricorder did for intergalactic health care. But as the costs of consumables keep falling, turning the data-generation aspect of NGS increasingly into a commodity, the all-important problems of data analysis, storage, and medical interpretation loom ever larger.
"There is a growing gap between the generation of massively parallel sequencing output and the ability to process and analyze the resulting data," says Canadian cancer research John McPherson, feeling the pain of NGS neophytes left to negotiate "a bewildering maze of base calling, alignment, assembly, and analysis tools with often incomplete documentation and no idea how to compare and validate their outputs. Bridging this gap is essential, or the coveted $1,000 genome will come with a $20,000 analysis price tag."
"The cost of DNA sequencing might not matter in a few years," says the Broad Institute's Chad Nusbaum. "People are saying they'll be able to sequence the human genome for $100 or less. That's lovely, but it still could cost you $2,500 to store the data, so the cost of storage ultimately becomes the limiting factor, not the cost of sequencing. We can quibble about the dollars and cents, but you can't argue about the trends at all."
But these issues look relatively trivial compared to the challenge of mining a personal genome sequence for medically actionable benefit. Stanford's chair of bioengineering, Russ Altman, points out that not only is the cost of sequencing "essentially free," but the computational cost of dealing with the data is also trivial. "I mean, we might need a big computer, but big computers exist, they can be amortized, and it's not a big deal. But the interpretation of the data will be keeping us busy for the next 50 years."
Or as Bruce Korf, the president of the American College of Medical Genetics, puts it: "We are close to having a $1,000 genome sequence, but this may be accompanied by a $1,000,000 interpretation."
Arbimagical Goal
The "$1,000 genome" is, in the view of Infinity Pharmaceuticals' Keith Robison, an "arbimagical goal"—an arbitrary target that has nevertheless obtained a magical notoriety through repetition. The catchphrase was first coined in 2001, although by whom isn't entirely clear. The University of Wisconsin's David Schwartz insists he proposed the term during a National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) retreat in 2001. During a breakout session, he said that NHGRI needed a new technology to complete a human genome sequence in a day. Asked to price that, Schwartz paused: "I thought for a moment and responded, '$1,000.'" However, NHGRI officials say they had already coined the term.
The $1,000 genome caught on a year later, when Craig Venter and Gerry Rubin hosted a major symposium in Boston (see, "Wanted: The $1000 Genome," Bio•IT World, Nov 2002). Venter invited George Church and five other hopefuls to present new sequencing technologies, none more riveting than U.S. Genomics founder Eugene Chan, who described an ingenious technology to unfurl DNA molecules that would soon sequence a human genome in an hour. (The company abandoned its sequencing program a year later.)
Another of those hopefuls was 454 Life Sciences, which in 2007 made Jim Watson the first personal genome using NGS, at a cost of about $1 million. Since then, the cost of sequencing has plummeted to less than $10,000 in 2010. Much of that has been fueled by the competition between Illumina and Applied Biosystems (ABI). When Illumina said its HiSeq 2000 could sequence a human genome for $10,000, ABI countered with a $6,000 genome dropping to $3,000 at 99.99% accuracy.
Earlier this year, Complete Genomics reported its first full human genomes in Science. One of those belonged to George Church, whose genome was sequenced for about $1,500. CEO Cliff Reid told us earlier this year that Complete Genomics now routinely sequenced human genomes at 30x coverage for less than $1,000 in reagent costs.
The ever-quotable Clive Brown, formerly a central figure at Solexa and now VP development and informatics for Oxford Nanopore, a 3rd-generation sequencing company says: "I like to think of the Gen 2 systems as giant fighting dinosaurs, '[gigabases] per run—grr—arggh' etc., a volcano of data spewing behind them in a Jurassic landscape—Sequanosaurus Rex. Meanwhile, in the undergrowth, the Gen 3 'mammals' are quietly getting on with evolving and adapting to the imminent climate change... smaller, faster, more agile, and more intelligent."
Nearly all the 2nd-generation platforms have placed bets on 3rd-gen technologies. Illumina has partnered with Oxford Nanopore; Life Technologies has countered by acquiring Ion Torrent Systems; and Roche is teaming up with IBM. PacBio has talked about a "15-minute" genome by 2014, Halcyon Molecular promises a "$100 genome," while a Harvard start-up called GnuBio has placed a bet on a mere $30 genome.
David Dooling of The Genome Center at Washington University, points out the widely debated cost of the Human Genome Project included everything—the instruments, personnel, overhead, consumables, and IT. But the $1,000 genome—or in 2010 numbers, the $10,000 genome—only refers to flow cells and reagents. Clearly, the true cost of a genome sequence is much higher (see, "The Grand Illusion"). In fact, Dooling estimates the true cost of a "$10,000 genome" as closer to $30,000, by the time one has considered instrument depreciation and sample prep, personnel and IT, informatics and validation, management and overheads.
"If you are just costing reagents, most of the vendors could claim a $1,000 genome right now," says Brown. "A more interesting question is: '$1,000 genome—so what?' It's an odd goal because the closer you get to it the less relevant it becomes."
Special Interests
This special issue of Bio•IT World contains a series of stories and essays that provide some useful perspectives on the march to the $1,000 genome, which some regard as a medical imperative and others a grand illusion.
We get an up-close look at sequencing operations at the Broad Institute, which has been the U.S. flagship genome center for a decade (see page 30). We also meet the leaders of BGI Americas, which aims to provide sequencing capacity and analysis for labs big and small, while managing editor Allison Proffitt gleefully visits BGI's prized new sequencing center under construction in Hong Kong (page 42).
We look at the genesis of Solexa, the British company that provided the raw technology for Illumina, the best-selling NGS platform to date (page 52). We meet Kevin Ulmer, a man who has spent more than three decades trying to develop the killer app for the $1,000 genome (page 64). And we meet NABsys, a 3rd-generation technology taking aim at the myriad clinical applications of NGS (page 61).
Given that the costs of data analysis and storage will increasingly dominate the NGS equation, Alissa Poh reviews some of the latest software solutions on offer (page 58), while Allison Proffitt appraises some of the latest data storage technologies (page 38).
Finally, we meet some of the organizations—from bioinformaticians and medical geneticists to pathologists and software engineers—who are developing new ideas and resources for clinical genomic interpretation (page 48). And we profile Hugh Rienhoff, physician and founder of My Daughter's DNA.org, and follow his inspirational quest to solve his daughter's mystery condition (page 34).
Also in this report are invited commentaries from genomics experts at two big pharma—Amgen's Sasha Kamb and Novartis' Keith Johnson and colleagues—discussing the potential applications and adoption hurdles to NGS in pharma. We also have our regular columns, including BioTeam's Michele Clamp and our colleague Eric Glazer on social media and a preview of an exciting online community called NGS Leaders.
We hope you enjoy this special report on the road to the $1,000 genome as much as we have enjoyed reporting and preparing it.
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Military History Book of Interest: Napoleon on the Art of War
Bonaparte, Napoleon. Napoleon on the Art of War. trans. and ed by Jay Luvaas. New York: Touchstone, 1999.
Jay Luvaas has pulled together in a single work what Napoleon never set to paper – a cohesive, single treatise on his philosophy of war. Luvaas, a respected military historian, accomplished this by reviewing, organizing, translating and editing Napoleon's writings over the course of his life including much of his correspondence. He has organized the book into a series of essays so that it is structured not unlike the work of other military theorists. It begins with Napoleon's views on creating a fighting force and preparations for war. This is followed by his thoughts on military education – an area about which Napoleon was passionate – particularly as related to the study of "great captains" of history: Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus Adolphus, Turenne and Frederick the Great.. A section on "combat in arms" reveals Napoleon's brilliance in changing up formations utilizing the men, animals and weaponry at hand. "Generalship and the art of command," army organization, strategy, fortification, the army in the field, and the operational art are also examined through Napoleon's writings with additional historical references as well as reference to correspondence written about major Napoleonic campaigns. This book is instructive to the study of military philosophers and military thought in that it provides insight into one of the most influential militarists in history. Military thought leaders such as Clausewitz and Jomini were contemporaries of Napoleon and highly influenced themselves by strategizing to fight with or against him. The book fills a rather noticeable gap and would be an excellent addition to any examination of military philosophers and strategists.


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with Amy Rizzotto in San Francisco, Mexico
5 nights in San Francisco, Mexico
Mon Mar 26 - Sat Mar 31, 2018
|6 days 5 nights at Hotel Punta Monterrey
|Includes daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner
|Every day, Amy will lead 1-2 yoga and/or bootcamp classes. You can expect a combination of Power Vinyasa Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga Nidra, meditation, and HIIT (high-intensity interval training)/Bootcamp classes. All classes are optional so if you ever want to sleep in/take a day off - it's all up to you!
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Deep sea fishing, Snorkeling, SUP-ing (per day), Trip to Marietas Islands
Free round-trip transportation to and from Puerto Vallarta Licenciado Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) is provided on the first and last day of the trip. It takes 1 hour to get to the venue from the airport.
Not included: flights to/from Puerto Vallarta Licenciado Gustavo Diaz Ordaz International Airport (PVR) and travel insurance. Guests are responsible for purchasing travel medical insurance and cancellation insurance which are also not included.
Please visit the following site for general information on Mexico:
Amy Rizzotto, Owner and Founder of Move Well DC (www.movewelldc.com), is a studio owner, yoga instructor (E-RYT, Mindful Yoga Therapy-30, Rocket Yoga-50, Budokon Yoga-30, Yin Yoga-100), certified nutrition coach, health blogger, and wellness entrepreneur.About Amy Rizzotto
We are located on a private beach where you can really relax and be in touch with nature and the sea. Punta Monterrey is surrounded by 300 acres of jungle which is an ecological reserve. Here you can spend quality time with your friends and family in an isolated yet secure environment. Punta Monterrey Beach has maintained its natural beauty and wildness. Our hotel is designed for people who wish to get away from it all and step into nature. Enjoy our amazing sunsets, take a walk in the jungle or taste our fresh seafood and fish!
Includes daily breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Very private location in the jungle. The food was outstanding. Yoga was relaxing and insightful. Hotel staff went above and beyond. Loved walking to private beach for a mud scrub. Loved having a private driver. Massage was wonderful.
The location was beautiful and well kept. The staff were very attentive and friendly.
Great lodging right on the beach, beautiful yog astudio with all the props you need! The food was amazing!
Amazing! Would do it again in a heartbeat.
This was a unique and beautiful experience, highly recommend!!!
Amazing! I could not have asked for a better group and better location to join a group of 100% random people on.
Jaime, Matias, Raul and the whole staff at Punta Monterrey were so extremely welcoming and accommodating to all of our needs. It's such a special place we can't wait to be back!
The Hotel Punta Monterrey was an awesome venue, and the entire trip was seamlessly organized.
The trip was amazing! Beautiful location right on the beach, three delicious meals each day, helpful and friendly staff, lovely yoga space, wonderful yoga and fitness classes.
I had a wonderful time. Loved the resort, the teachers, experiences, yoga practice and all.
Hotel Puenta Monterrey was incredibly intimate and relaxing. If you want to unplug and remember what is important, this is the place. The owners are on site and involved in the day to day operations keeping in touch with the needs of their guests. It is family owned and cherished in a way that provides a quiet intimacy. Matias and Jaime went above and beyond to facilitate/translate during a health crisis of one our attendees. The leaders of our retreat, Tina and Cristina created a great daily yoga meditation curriculum. I would do it again in a heartbeat.
Overall the trip was excellent! We enjoyed great yoga and meditation, terrific food, and the location and hotel staff made the whole experience amazing!
I had a great time!
This was my second experience hosting a yoga retreat with Trip Tribe and it far exceeded my highest expectations. Thank you for connecting us with such quaint locations to share our love of yoga and travel with our students. Looking forward to booking my 3rd retreat with Trip Tribe in the next few months.
It was a beautiful location.
Fantastic experience.... the entire staff is there to accommodate your every need, especially Jaime and Mateus. Exquisite rustic setting on private beach was pure paradise and the fresh food dishes were to die for AND super healthy...my fav was the fresh ahi, but close behind were the jack fish (sometimes caught right at our beach), dove fish, and tuna. The cuisine was an ongoing superb party of fresh flavors that tantalized the tastebuds!!!!
Had a great time! Outstanding job by instructors and hotel staff
The food, accommodations and yoga was OVER THE TOP. I had the time of my life :-)
It was great.
This was an excellent retreat in every way. The teacher was excellent. The stay at the Hotel Punta Monterrey was also excellent. It was on the rustic side in some ways but that added to the experience.
Excellent combination of superb yoga instruction, beautiful location and camaraderie. It rekindled my resolve to keep a daily yoga practice and gave me tools to enable that to easily happen. Being able to spend the free time on the adjacent beach and surrounding forest was spectacular.
Wonderful! Totally taken care of. Would do it again for sure!
The trip was fantastic! The location was idyllic and the seclusion or remoteness was what I was looking for in a retreat that was meant to enhance mindfulness, our awareness to be present and to be grateful of where we were and what we already have in our lives.
One of the best trips I have been on. Tracey lead a wonderful retreat and the environment was perfect for mindfulness.
Trip was amazing. Beautiful resort and private beach. The friendly staff and delicious food made the trip extra special. Highly recommend and would go back in a heartbeat.
Amazing trip! Amazing resort! Friendliest staff, most beautiful beach, great accommodations, fantastic and super healthy meals prepared for us everyday! They had many great activities available for us each day such as kayaking, paddle boarding, hiking to a hidden beach with a mud bath. They harvested and served us fresh oysters from right off shore twice! I was able to snorkel out from our beach to a rock point and see a plethora of beautiful fish as well. I will certainly be going back to Punta Monterey!
Really grateful for this place, the staff and the yoga room. We felt really welcome. We enjoyed how quiet the hotel and the beach was. It was truly a gift to stay at Punta Monterrey.
What more can I say??? The entire trip was a 5 Star experience for me!!!!!!! Seafood came fresh from the ocean to our plates,fresh fruit at all meals.All of our requests were answered with "can do". Want massages ,arranged,want to go "zip lining" Etctera,Etcetera,Etcetera.I think the ONLY item Jaime and staff can't take "credit" for was the weather :-)
This retreat was pure magic - from the location, to the accommodations, to the service and the staff - this was an amazing experience! Hands down.
Exceeded our expectations in every way! Perfect location, excellent accommodations, amazing people, and incredible food. Highly recommended. The location for a yoga retreat is perfect. To be overlooking the ocean and jungle with the sounds of the waves and the vision of the sun rising....while we did our morning yoga can't possibly be described in words....add to that the best yoga teacher in the universe....makes for a perfect experience.
Trip exceed expectations.
It was really nice to getaway! Food was very fresh & tasty!! Beach and lodging was clean. I had trouble sleeping the first few nights as it was quite humid. My room description on trip tribe said that it had ac but it did not.
I truly enjoyed this trip. Great leader and beautiful resort.
Beautiful location. Fresh food made daily.
Amazing trip! Wonderful resort with a very accommodating staff.
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Excellent trip. The hotel was absolutely beautiful, and the staff was very friendly. Food was delicious. No wifi, contrary to the website, which turned out to be fabulous but could have been an issue if I'd had a lot of work that needed to be done. I would definitely go back.
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The 20 Best Compliments I've Received From Supermodels
September 2, 2015 in Adam Dunlap, Adriana Lima, Alessandra Ambrosio, Bar Refaeli, Carla Ossa, Danielle Knudson, Kate Upton, Nina Agdal, Samantha Hoopes, Supermodels by Adam Dunlap
Since I started exclusively dating supermodels a year and a half ago, the babes who dawn our most prestigious swimsuit magazines, lingerie catwalks, and Victoria's Secret commercials have given me literally thousands of compliments. And I get more compliments from them every day. So I decided to sit down and compile what I feel are the 20 best compliments supermodels have ever given me. I've listed them below in descending order from #20 (the 20th best compliment) to #1 (the absolute best compliment). Although these are all direct quotes, I've given anonymity to virtually all of them for the privacy of the gorgeous babes who adore me.
Without further ado, here is a testament to my greatness via the direct compliments of supermodels…
The 20 Best Compliments I've Received From Supermodels
#20. "I thought you were arrogant and judgmental, but, really, you are one of the kindest and most thoughtful people. I'm so glad I met you." -Anonymous Supermodel
#19. "Adam, you're such a great friend. You're always there to pick me up when I'm down, and you're always there to listen and support me when I need it. Thank you." -V.S. Angel
#18. "It's so refreshing to meet a man who isn't afraid to speak his mind and challenge the norm. And honestly, it makes me so hot I can't even stand it!!" -Anonymous Supermodel
#17. "You are amazing in every way! You should go on a national seminar tour and teach other men to be like you." -Anonymous Supermodel
#16. "You're so hot you make Jared Leto look like the Swamp Thing." -Anonymous Supermodel
#15. "You do the best motorboats!" -A supermodel with very nice boobs
#14. "Do you know they have statues of you in Rome? I was just there, and you are all over." -A very cultured supermodel
#13. "Being naked in front of you is one of the greatest honors of my life!" -A natural "10" supermodel
#12. "Please impregnate me right now!" -A supermodel who didn't want kids before she met me
#11. "Now that I've had a chance to strip for you, I'm so confused why I ever had a crush on Channing Tatum." -Anonymous Supermodel
#10. "I've read countless books that said there was no such thing as a man who was as strong as you and also as sensitive and affectionate as you. You must be the only one." -A very wise supermodel
#9. "OH MY GOD!!!! YOU ARE LITERALLY THE MOST INTERESTING MAN EVER!!! F*CK ME HARDER!" -A supermodel who was captivated by my perspective
#8. "Your life theories are amazing! You're so smart you make Stephen Hawking seem like a special needs fourth grader." -A very intelligent supermodel with an advanced degree in astrophysics
#7. "When I'm with you, I know I am complete. I have only to receive a text from you and my body trembles in ecstasy." -A very honest and forthright supermodel
#6. "Any woman would be lucky to even just make eye contact with you once in her lifetime! After knowing you for a year and a half, I can say with confidence that if Nina Agdal doesn't accept your marriage proposal she will go down in history as one of the dumbest women of all time. I mean, I hate that woman! Why won't you propose to me instead?!!!" -Kate Upton
#5. "You're so incredibly perceptive and intuitive. I bet you can read all women's minds, can't you." -Anonymous Supermodel
#4. "I never thought I'd come 28 times in two hours. You are a sex God!" -A very satisfied supermodel
#3. "Adam Dunlap – you ARE the greatest snuggler of all time!" –Nina Agdal
#2. "You're the best listener I've ever met." -V.S. Angel
#1. "O. M.G. the legends are true – your dick is huge. You really are a perfect man." -Said by more than 100 supermodels. I stopped counting at around 20 since they pretty much all say this to me.
A solid list for sure. If you don't agree with the order let me know! And for all the women out there, I hope this article served as a solid lesson in how to compliment awesome, flawless, amazing guys like me (even though I'm the only one). Thank you for reading and applying your knowledge in the future!
P.S. Oh, and if you know any supermodels who are single and want the chance to experience how awesome I am, tell them to click here and fill out my Supermodel Girlfriend Application. If I decide to give them a chance, they'll probably thank you every day for the rest of their lives.


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Lewy body dementia
Lewy body dementia is a form of dementia that occurs because of abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha-synuclein inside the brain's nerve cells. These deposits are called "Lewy bodies," after the scientist who first described them. The deposits interrupt the brain's messages. Lewy body dementia usually affects the areas of the brain that involve thinking and movement. Why or how Lewy bodies form is unknown.
Lewy body dementia can occur by itself, or together with Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's. It accounts for 5-15% of all dementias.
Other names for Lewy body dementia include:
- Diffuse Lewy body disease
- Cortical Lewy body disease
- Lewy body disease
- Senile Dementia of Lewy Type
- Dementia with Lewy bodies
- Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease
How does Lewy body dementia affect the person?
A person with Lewy body dementia may have symptoms much like those of both Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. A progressive loss of memory, language, reasoning and other higher mental functions such as calculating numbers is common. He may have difficulty with short-term memory, finding the right word and keeping a train of thought. He may also experience depression and anxiety. Obvious changes in alertness may also happen. He may be sleepy during the day, but wide awake at night, unable to sleep. Sometimes, he may seem like he does not care about anything. This is called apathy.
Lewy body dementia usually progresses quickly. Problems with memory may not be an early symptom, but can come up as Lewy body dementia progresses. Visual hallucinations (seeing things that are not real) are common and can be worse during times of increased confusion. The visual hallucinations often come back again and again, and typically are of people, children or animals. People with the disease may also make errors in perception, for example, seeing faces in a carpet pattern.
Some features of Lewy body dementia can resemble those in Parkinson's disease. These include rigidity (stiffness of muscles), tremors (shaking), stooped posture, and slow, shuffling movements. Sensitivity to medication, especially some sedatives, may make these symptoms worse.
How is Lewy body dementia assessed?
No single test can diagnose Lewy body dementia. Doctors diagnose the disease by eliminating other diseases and conditions that can cause similar symptoms. Assessment may include a neurological exam that looks at the gait (way of walking), posture and how rigid or stiff the person's body is.
What are the risk factors for Lewy body dementia?
Doctors do not yet know what causes Lewy body dementia. Risk factors have not been identified. But Lewy bodies have a protein that is also seen in Parkinson's disease and they are often found in the brains of people with Parkinson's disease or Alzheimer's disease. This means that the three conditions may be linked in some way. If a family member has Lewy body dementia, there may be a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Lewy body dementia is more common in men than in women.
Is there treatment?
There is no cure yet for Lewy body dementia. Sometimes doctors may prescribe medications to treat symptoms such as those associated with Parkinson's disease, depression, and unpleasant hallucinations.
Medications used to treat Alzheimer's disease are called cholinesterase inhibitors. They can improve alertness and cognition in some people. They may also reduce hallucinations and other distressing symptoms. Lewy body dementia has so many different features, as well as Parkinson's disease symptoms, that medications may not be an option. One symptom may be treated, but another symptom may get worse at the same time. One way to avoid or prevent this is to treat symptoms according to how severe they are.
For more information:
- Download our full brochure on Lewy body dementia
- Call your local Alzheimer Society
- Lewy Body Dementia Association Inc
- Webinar on Lewy body dementia by BrainXchange
- Lewy body dementia by the Mayo Clinic
- Lewy Body Dementia: Information for Patients, Families and Professionals by the National Institutes of Health
- The Lewy Body Dementia website (Note that everything on the website is written by, and from the perspective of, a family care partner. The Alzheimer Society of Canada does not endorse any products or information that may be mentioned on this website.)


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Tracy Morgan will return to Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center on October 17 as host of "Saturday Night Live."
Former cast member Morgan spent seven seasons as a "SNL" player (1996-2003) and this will be his second time hosting the comedy sketch show.
Other hosts announced for the 41st season include Miley Cyrus (Oct. 3) and "Trainwreck's" Amy Schumer (Oct. 10). Musical guests have yet to be revealed.
Soon after the news of his return to "SNL" broke, the comedian said on Twitter he was "stoked to be going home."
Morgan, 46, is still recovering from injuries sustained in a June 7, 2014 accident when a Wal-Mart truck on the New Jersey Turnpike slammed into the back of a limousine-bus carrying the former "30 Rock" star and others who were returning from a comedy show in Delaware. Morgan suffered a traumatic brain injury, a broken leg, and broken ribs in the crash.
Speaking publicly for the first time since the crash, Morgan told NBC's Matt Lauer on "Today" in early June, "I can't believe I'm here. I can't believe I'm in front of you." While his focus at the time was on healing, Morgan added he could not wait "to get back to comedy."
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The most Emmy-nominated show of all time, "Saturday Night Live" celebrated its 40th anniversary with a star-studded broadcast special in February. Returning cast members included Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Steve Martin, Rachel Dratch, Molly Shannon, Mike Meyers, Dana Carvey, Amy Poehler, Seth Meyers and Maya Rudolph. Morgan was not well enough at the time to attend.
During the celebration, Fey and Alec Baldwin took to the stage to honor Morgan.
"I wish my friend Tracy Morgan was here tonight, and I know that he was hoping he would be well enough to be here too," Fey said. "If he were here tonight, I'm sure Tracy would remind us that more than anything, he'd like to get us all pregnant."
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Among work, my wife's medical problems and other stuff going on, I'm also preparing for Bike Week, specifically, the commuter convoy.
It looks like one or two of the convoys might even get a quick blurb (or something, maybe more) from a local news station. Although not a lot of people have actually RSVP'd for the convoys, Eric has been sending out mail to people who have signed up for our Kansas City Car-Free challenge. I'm hoping our volunteers get a few extra that just show up.
There are a multitude of reasons to commute by bike. Many of them you can't discover in a week of riding to work. Others, you can't discover for at least a month. To this day -- now almost 2 years into my adventures of bike commuting -- I still notice things and gain an appreciation for things that I wouldn't ever know of had it not been for riding a bike as much as I have.
So, do it for fun. Do it to stick it to the oil execs or terrorists. Do it for the environment. Do it for your health or for the air your childen breathe. Do it for being able to say "hi" to passersby on the sidewalk on their morning jog or dog walk, or even just to clear your mind a bit before and after work. Give it a shot next week, at least once.
And, if you're reading this, you're probably either a bicycle commuter or considering it. Tell your friends and co-workers. Offer to ride in with them.
It was a bit of a camera-free hammerfest on the way home, but here's some stuff from this morning.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Preparing for Bike Week
Among work, my wife's medical problems and other stuff going on, I'm also preparing for Bike Week, specifically, the commuter convoy.
6 comments:
- Frogman said...
You could spend a long time taking pics of the stuff in the West Plaza and Brookeside areas. I think a lot of the residents are a bit pretentious, but I like the looks of it all... Not that we've done a crap-ton of work in the area or anything. ;)
- May 09, 2008 2:24 AM
- Noah said...
Indeed. I just rarely (read: never) ride through that part of town. The only time I'm in Brookside on my bike is when I'm transferring buses from the Raytown 163 to the Metro Area Express.
- May 09, 2008 5:19 AM
I wish I could get my lawn to look like the one in the second pic.
- May 09, 2008 7:06 AM
- Noah said...
You want a blurry yard? :P
That was taken in Mission Hills, one of the most affluent communities in the region. It wouldn't surprise me if some Mission Hills denizens spent almost as much on lawn care as my yearly salary.
- May 09, 2008 8:33 AM
- Cold Calling Guru Jeff Stevenson said...
Hi. Please join the Bicycle to Work! LinkedIn networking group. Members pledge that they will try to ride their bicycle to work or on an errand at least once a week. Although the benefits should be obvious, let me outline them here.
Right now people in the industrialized world are facing two very grave problems: obesity and a growing scarcity of oil. Compounding this problem is the new food shortage brought about, in part, by the conversion of food cropland to bio-fuel crop production. Most people feel powerless to help, but there is one thing that we can do. Ride our bicycles to work.
If everyone would agree to ride their bikes to work one day per week we could cut oil consumption by as much as 10-15%. No one would argue that riding a bike burns more calories than driving the car. Although popular politically right now, most bio-fuels consume more energy than they produce. We would be much better to eat those bio-crops then use our own energy to transport us around.
So spread the word. Make it a movement! Bicycle to work one day a week and do your part to cut back obesity and the overuse of oil and precious cropland.
Just go to my profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreylstevenson and you can click on the group to be included. While you are there, don't forget to ask to link to my network of more than 8,000,000 like-minded professionals. I accept all invitations and look forward to meeting you.
- May 10, 2008 8:49 AM
- Noah said...
Jeff, I joined the "Bicycle to Work!" group. I like LinkedIN, so I published the comment. I almost thought it was spam at first, but you're just trying to spread the (very good) word.
If anyone else who reads this is on linkedin, join the group, too!
- May 10, 2008 8:28 PM
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MONDAY, Oct. 21, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- Opioid painkillers are prescribed to 1 in 5 patients who get a pacemaker or other implantable heart device, a new study finds.
It included more than 16,500 U.S. adults who had heart devices implanted between 2010 and 2018.
After their procedures, opioids were prescribed to about 20%. Of those, 80% had never taken opioids before. Among those patients, more than 9% refilled their prescription.
Nearly 40% received more than 200 oral morphine equivalents on prescription, according to the researchers.
The study was published Oct. 21 in the journal HeartRhythm.
"The explanation for this high number of opioid prescriptions could be due to various reasons including provider factors, patient factors, and social norms," said first author and cardiologist Dr. Justin Lee, from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.
Specific factors include a doctor's pain management training and prior experiences; patients' expectations of pain control and other health issues; as well their individual sensitivity to pain, the researchers found.
"We need to focus more on alternative pain management strategies to reduce the use of opioids after device procedures," Lee said in a journal news release.
Prescription opioids are a major contributor to the U.S. opioid epidemic. The researchers pointed out that more Americans die from prescription opioid overdose than from cocaine and heroin.
"There is a clear need for more studies and awareness of perioperative pain management after device procedures to reduce postoperative pain and postoperative opioid prescriptions," said co-author Dr. Abhishek Deshmukh, another Mayo Clinic cardiologist.
"This ranges from various intraprocedural techniques to reduce postoperative pain to considerations of using a combination of scheduled non-opioid medications for a better non-opioid pain control strategy," he added.
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Some Belgian lawyers allege that the "sensitive" metal detectors at one jail are just an excuse to get female visitors to take off their bras.
According to the Telegraph, lawyers say the metal detectors at Belgium's Hasselt jail seem to get more finicky when young women walk through them. Says a representative for the lawyers,
The metal detection checks seem very difficult to carry out when a pretty, young lawyer or visitor reports to the prison gate. And then it becomes a little something to amuse the guards.
Time and again they let the metal detector go off. First, the shoes, then the jewellery. And, since the detector still beeps, they demand that the lady in question take off her bra.
A spokesman for Belgium's prison administration calls the allegations "far-fetched," saying, "I've visited Hasselt prison several times with female colleagues and none of them was asked to loosen her bra." However, it's certainly possible that the guards are on good behavior when higher-ups visit. And even if it turns out the guards aren't being pervy, the incident highlights the need for sensitivity and respect in security measures. As the disturbing story of "labia lifts" taught us, facilities need to balance safety concerns with the rights of the people being searched — and that includes the right not to be harassed.
Belgian Jail Tells Barrister 'Babes' To Remove Their Bras [Telegraph]
Earlier: "Labia Lifts" Terrorize Female Prisoners
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Lush Longboards is a skater owned and skater run UK based longboard manufacturer. We started cutting decks in a back garden in Bath in 1999, and we've been running longboard freeride, freestyle and downhill events since 2001. From the beginning we have seen longboards as an excuse to get out there and see more of the world… hence our tagline – live.. skate.. travel.
In our years of making longboard decks we've moved from vacuum bags, PVA, birch and jigsaws to hydraulic presses, epoxy, maple, fibreglass, and CNC routers. We all skate and we have gained a huge amount of skateboard knowledge during this time – it's this hard-won knowledge you can feel in our decks.
As we have grown internationally we have increased our support to events and skaters across the globe, and we're proud to include skaters as far away as Australia and Canada in our extended family.
Our aims for the future are to make more kickass longboard decks and help longboarding grow – the right way.
Why longboards?
We've watched longboarding grow from being a "toy for surfers" into a fully legitimate style of skateboarding. A longboard is just a bigger skateboard, it turns better and rolls faster. This means that they are more accessible, better for transport, and set up right, can be used for all kinds of "serious" skateboarding – downhill, slalom, street, parks, bowls, freestyle, freeride and sliding. Once you try one, you won't look back…
So why should I buy a Lush board?
Because we are all skaters here, we spend many, many hours perfecting our product where it matters – on the streets, in the skateparks and on the hills. We are different to many other longboard companies out there, often producing shapes that seem strange at first glance, but stand on one and you'll see what we are doing. We are constantly searching for new technologies and producion tweaks to perfect our construction. Almost every run of decks will have a small shape tweak or layup change. We have been making longboards for a long time, we've seen many different production methods and many factories – we use all this accumulated knowledge to produce the finest decks we can.
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How do I choose which one suits me best?
Deciding what you want to do with it is a good start. Do you need a kicktail? Would you like a super low ride height with rocker or a drop-through? Space for bigger wheels? Longer wheelbase for a more predictable slide but less grip? Something super stiff for railing sweepers? Flexy for smoothing out the ride? Or short and light for chucking about your local skatepark? We make most things… check out our quiver here.
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